against the person who appointed him, which oftentimes it did, oftentimes going against not just mayor newsome, but then mayor lee. and, so -- >>> [inaudible]. >> and i think that there is in many respects perhaps a reason why he wasn't reappointed, as supervisor elsbernd said. so, i actually think that that's the kind of independence that could be very useful on the sunshine task force. and, so, you know, i am not going to vote against bruce oka based on that because i do believe that he is someone who will, you know, call it as he sees it. the one thing that i would ask bruce is not only that you provide fair treatment to all these agencies and government officials that come before you, that i think it's also that you, you know, do the same with respect to the people who submit those complaints and the public because that is a very important function of that, of that body. and i think you will do that. >>> [inaudible]. >> and i would encourage the -- some of the folks who spoke and who have been involved and done tremendous work around this issue to reach out to bruce because i actually thin